Top 11 Health and Safety Infographics

Health and safety are two really important factors in anybody’s life. To know more about these two important issues, please go through the following given information:

Health and safety in the workplace

It is a fact that 2 out of 5 workers have been injured whereas work related injuries and ill health costs 14 Billion pounds to the society. The reason why amount of accidents within a workplace is slowly declining is because of an increase in awareness and training.50% of the injuries/illness result in days away from work.

Nearly 2.5 million children and over 7.4 million adults with asthma live in parts of the United States with very high levels of ozone. Over 7.9 million people in poverty live in countries with unhealthful levels of short term particle pollution. 18 out of 25 cities most polluted by ozone had their lowest smog levels since the first state of air report was published in 2000.

In order to maintain oral health, you must grab the right gear such as toothbrush, toothpaste, mouthwash, floss, whitening and fluoride. Brushing must be done twice a day for 2 minutes each whereas flossing must be done once a day.

40% of the doctors believe that mobile health technologies can reduce the number of office visits. There are more than 10000 medical/healthcare apps available on Apple’s iTunes App store. Infact this category is the third fastest category for both iPhone and Android phones.

Since 1980, childhood obesity rates have tripled. 1 in 5 infants drink soda in the US and 50% of the overweight children remain overweight as adults as well. It is alarming to know that only 3 out of 10 high schoolers report eating vegetables every day.

90% of the entire population have had a headache at some point in life infact 50% have had a severe headache. Some types of headaches are tension type headaches, migraine headaches, sinus headaches, chronic daily headaches and cluster headaches.

Men who do not vacation annually have a 20% higher risk of death and about 30% greater risk of death from heart disease. Women who don’t take vacations are more than 2 times as likely to suffer from depression as other women who choose to take a vacation.